Chris Bolton
@chrisbolton-wtp.bsky.social
Still doing https://whatsthepont.blog stuff.
Into Coops, Cynefin and Tin Sheds.
From Old South Wales.
Also.
Listing things that interest me under #TIL (Today I Learned)
Into Coops, Cynefin and Tin Sheds.
From Old South Wales.
Also.
Listing things that interest me under #TIL (Today I Learned)
Is there a name for the hour after #sunrise ?
Just asking for a friend who may have got up late and just missed it.
Dunraven Bay and the coast path from Southerndown to Barry are well worth it any time of day though.
Just asking for a friend who may have got up late and just missed it.
Dunraven Bay and the coast path from Southerndown to Barry are well worth it any time of day though.
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Is there a name for the hour after #sunrise ?
Just asking for a friend who may have got up late and just missed it.
Dunraven Bay and the coast path from Southerndown to Barry are well worth it any time of day though.
Just asking for a friend who may have got up late and just missed it.
Dunraven Bay and the coast path from Southerndown to Barry are well worth it any time of day though.
Bought some new socks yesterday.
Probably paid more than I needed to.
But
A clever bit of marketing drew me in.
Am I a sucker?
Also, I had worn them to test the fit of new daps.
PS. Get lots of sleep.
Probably paid more than I needed to.
But
A clever bit of marketing drew me in.
Am I a sucker?
Also, I had worn them to test the fit of new daps.
PS. Get lots of sleep.
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Bought some new socks yesterday.
Probably paid more than I needed to.
But
A clever bit of marketing drew me in.
Am I a sucker?
Also, I had worn them to test the fit of new daps.
PS. Get lots of sleep.
Probably paid more than I needed to.
But
A clever bit of marketing drew me in.
Am I a sucker?
Also, I had worn them to test the fit of new daps.
PS. Get lots of sleep.
I love seeing these little mushrooms that pop up and disappear from the top of a gate post on the dog walk.
The perfect illustration of Ephemeral.
‘Here for a day when the conditions are right’
#fungi
The perfect illustration of Ephemeral.
‘Here for a day when the conditions are right’
#fungi
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I love seeing these little mushrooms that pop up and disappear from the top of a gate post on the dog walk.
The perfect illustration of Ephemeral.
‘Here for a day when the conditions are right’
#fungi
The perfect illustration of Ephemeral.
‘Here for a day when the conditions are right’
#fungi
Guess what I’ve been doing today?
A. Chilling out with the Grim Squeaker (aka Death of Rats).
B. On a traditional grass cutting skills course.
C. Listening to poetry in the woods?
It’s C.
But stumbling across the ‘Scythe Sharpening Kit’ convinced me that A or B were also possibilities.
A. Chilling out with the Grim Squeaker (aka Death of Rats).
B. On a traditional grass cutting skills course.
C. Listening to poetry in the woods?
It’s C.
But stumbling across the ‘Scythe Sharpening Kit’ convinced me that A or B were also possibilities.
September 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Guess what I’ve been doing today?
A. Chilling out with the Grim Squeaker (aka Death of Rats).
B. On a traditional grass cutting skills course.
C. Listening to poetry in the woods?
It’s C.
But stumbling across the ‘Scythe Sharpening Kit’ convinced me that A or B were also possibilities.
A. Chilling out with the Grim Squeaker (aka Death of Rats).
B. On a traditional grass cutting skills course.
C. Listening to poetry in the woods?
It’s C.
But stumbling across the ‘Scythe Sharpening Kit’ convinced me that A or B were also possibilities.
It was never my intention…*
But I seem to have collected many building material bulk bags over recent years.
At last put to good use.
Storing compost for an upcoming project.
(*was always my intention, just not admitting to it)
But I seem to have collected many building material bulk bags over recent years.
At last put to good use.
Storing compost for an upcoming project.
(*was always my intention, just not admitting to it)
August 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It was never my intention…*
But I seem to have collected many building material bulk bags over recent years.
At last put to good use.
Storing compost for an upcoming project.
(*was always my intention, just not admitting to it)
But I seem to have collected many building material bulk bags over recent years.
At last put to good use.
Storing compost for an upcoming project.
(*was always my intention, just not admitting to it)
Some nice brick finds yesterday.
GADLYS and ABERDARE yellows
And some from the Gwent Valleys
CWMBRAN BRICK Co
Ubiquitous STAR NEWPORTs and
Yellow & red(ish) TILLERY
All from nowhere near to where they were manufactured.
A cracking day out at reclamation yards.
GADLYS and ABERDARE yellows
And some from the Gwent Valleys
CWMBRAN BRICK Co
Ubiquitous STAR NEWPORTs and
Yellow & red(ish) TILLERY
All from nowhere near to where they were manufactured.
A cracking day out at reclamation yards.
August 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Some nice brick finds yesterday.
GADLYS and ABERDARE yellows
And some from the Gwent Valleys
CWMBRAN BRICK Co
Ubiquitous STAR NEWPORTs and
Yellow & red(ish) TILLERY
All from nowhere near to where they were manufactured.
A cracking day out at reclamation yards.
GADLYS and ABERDARE yellows
And some from the Gwent Valleys
CWMBRAN BRICK Co
Ubiquitous STAR NEWPORTs and
Yellow & red(ish) TILLERY
All from nowhere near to where they were manufactured.
A cracking day out at reclamation yards.
They don’t half dress up the race horses in Japan.
Haru Urara in a jaunty Pretty Kitty headgear.
Mind you, given the right weather in South Wales and the local horses go for a rainbow number.
/4
Haru Urara in a jaunty Pretty Kitty headgear.
Mind you, given the right weather in South Wales and the local horses go for a rainbow number.
/4
July 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
They don’t half dress up the race horses in Japan.
Haru Urara in a jaunty Pretty Kitty headgear.
Mind you, given the right weather in South Wales and the local horses go for a rainbow number.
/4
Haru Urara in a jaunty Pretty Kitty headgear.
Mind you, given the right weather in South Wales and the local horses go for a rainbow number.
/4
Haru Urara even got a mention in the Japanese Parliament.
During the 2004 recession
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said.
“I’d like to see Haru Urara win, even just once. The horse is a good example of not giving up in the face of defeat”
/3
During the 2004 recession
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said.
“I’d like to see Haru Urara win, even just once. The horse is a good example of not giving up in the face of defeat”
/3
July 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Haru Urara even got a mention in the Japanese Parliament.
During the 2004 recession
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said.
“I’d like to see Haru Urara win, even just once. The horse is a good example of not giving up in the face of defeat”
/3
During the 2004 recession
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said.
“I’d like to see Haru Urara win, even just once. The horse is a good example of not giving up in the face of defeat”
/3
Haru Urara
A Japanese racehorse that won zero out of 113 races and is loved for it…
‘the shining star of losers everywhere’
🧵 1/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haru_Ur...
A Japanese racehorse that won zero out of 113 races and is loved for it…
‘the shining star of losers everywhere’
🧵 1/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haru_Ur...
July 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Haru Urara
A Japanese racehorse that won zero out of 113 races and is loved for it…
‘the shining star of losers everywhere’
🧵 1/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haru_Ur...
A Japanese racehorse that won zero out of 113 races and is loved for it…
‘the shining star of losers everywhere’
🧵 1/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haru_Ur...
I think my John Deere hat is finished.
Happy to waive my ‘right to repair’ on this particular product.
At least there’s no tricky ‘dealer approved’ software on a hat.
However, when it comes to tractors it’s a different matter.
Explained here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/01/25/i...
Happy to waive my ‘right to repair’ on this particular product.
At least there’s no tricky ‘dealer approved’ software on a hat.
However, when it comes to tractors it’s a different matter.
Explained here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/01/25/i...
July 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think my John Deere hat is finished.
Happy to waive my ‘right to repair’ on this particular product.
At least there’s no tricky ‘dealer approved’ software on a hat.
However, when it comes to tractors it’s a different matter.
Explained here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/01/25/i...
Happy to waive my ‘right to repair’ on this particular product.
At least there’s no tricky ‘dealer approved’ software on a hat.
However, when it comes to tractors it’s a different matter.
Explained here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/01/25/i...
After 48 hours of drizzle
(In this bit of Old South Wales)
Some mushrooms have grown on the back doormat.
I expect they will be desiccated in the heat tomorrow.
Tough life being a mushroom.
(In this bit of Old South Wales)
Some mushrooms have grown on the back doormat.
I expect they will be desiccated in the heat tomorrow.
Tough life being a mushroom.
June 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
After 48 hours of drizzle
(In this bit of Old South Wales)
Some mushrooms have grown on the back doormat.
I expect they will be desiccated in the heat tomorrow.
Tough life being a mushroom.
(In this bit of Old South Wales)
Some mushrooms have grown on the back doormat.
I expect they will be desiccated in the heat tomorrow.
Tough life being a mushroom.
In a thinly disguised link to the fact I’ve been walking a bit of the Camino de Santiago (have I mentioned it) here’s some more vintage graffiti / tagging.
St Jean Pied de Port and Pamplona.
St Jean Pied de Port and Pamplona.
June 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In a thinly disguised link to the fact I’ve been walking a bit of the Camino de Santiago (have I mentioned it) here’s some more vintage graffiti / tagging.
St Jean Pied de Port and Pamplona.
St Jean Pied de Port and Pamplona.
Writing your name or initials (tagging), often on someone else’s property, is one of those basic human things people do.
Don’t ask me why.
But it’s everywhere.
This one from North Scotland has to be a top 10 contender.
Apparently done by DJ driving a 15m plough in the 1980s
Still visible now. 🧵⬇️
Don’t ask me why.
But it’s everywhere.
This one from North Scotland has to be a top 10 contender.
Apparently done by DJ driving a 15m plough in the 1980s
Still visible now. 🧵⬇️
June 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Writing your name or initials (tagging), often on someone else’s property, is one of those basic human things people do.
Don’t ask me why.
But it’s everywhere.
This one from North Scotland has to be a top 10 contender.
Apparently done by DJ driving a 15m plough in the 1980s
Still visible now. 🧵⬇️
Don’t ask me why.
But it’s everywhere.
This one from North Scotland has to be a top 10 contender.
Apparently done by DJ driving a 15m plough in the 1980s
Still visible now. 🧵⬇️
#StainedGlassSunday
Small but beautifully formed. St Issui’s, Patrishow in the Black Mountains, Wales.
Amazing place.
www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-is...
Small but beautifully formed. St Issui’s, Patrishow in the Black Mountains, Wales.
Amazing place.
www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-is...
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#StainedGlassSunday
Small but beautifully formed. St Issui’s, Patrishow in the Black Mountains, Wales.
Amazing place.
www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-is...
Small but beautifully formed. St Issui’s, Patrishow in the Black Mountains, Wales.
Amazing place.
www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-is...
Artistry in Baler Twine
I’ve made a promise to myself that I won’t be taking any more pictures of baler twine,
Being used for other things than bales.
Enjoy these from the Pyrenees.
I’ve made a promise to myself that I won’t be taking any more pictures of baler twine,
Being used for other things than bales.
Enjoy these from the Pyrenees.
June 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Artistry in Baler Twine
I’ve made a promise to myself that I won’t be taking any more pictures of baler twine,
Being used for other things than bales.
Enjoy these from the Pyrenees.
I’ve made a promise to myself that I won’t be taking any more pictures of baler twine,
Being used for other things than bales.
Enjoy these from the Pyrenees.
Camino Curiosities
There’s some weird and wonderful graffiti, stickers and other paraphernalia along the Camino de Santiago.
It fills me with an urge to know more…
Why ‘Vive la Croquettes!
Does ‘English Ivy Kill Trees’?
I’ve started to photograph them ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/c...
There’s some weird and wonderful graffiti, stickers and other paraphernalia along the Camino de Santiago.
It fills me with an urge to know more…
Why ‘Vive la Croquettes!
Does ‘English Ivy Kill Trees’?
I’ve started to photograph them ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/c...
June 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Camino Curiosities
There’s some weird and wonderful graffiti, stickers and other paraphernalia along the Camino de Santiago.
It fills me with an urge to know more…
Why ‘Vive la Croquettes!
Does ‘English Ivy Kill Trees’?
I’ve started to photograph them ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/c...
There’s some weird and wonderful graffiti, stickers and other paraphernalia along the Camino de Santiago.
It fills me with an urge to know more…
Why ‘Vive la Croquettes!
Does ‘English Ivy Kill Trees’?
I’ve started to photograph them ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/c...
Pamplona
We completed stage 1 of the Camino de Santiago
Walking triumphantly through a gate in the City Walls.
And spent 10 hours lying horizontal to recover.
Then we did sightseeing, in comfortable shoes.
The 4 A Day Picture blog ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/p...
We completed stage 1 of the Camino de Santiago
Walking triumphantly through a gate in the City Walls.
And spent 10 hours lying horizontal to recover.
Then we did sightseeing, in comfortable shoes.
The 4 A Day Picture blog ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/p...
June 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Pamplona
We completed stage 1 of the Camino de Santiago
Walking triumphantly through a gate in the City Walls.
And spent 10 hours lying horizontal to recover.
Then we did sightseeing, in comfortable shoes.
The 4 A Day Picture blog ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/p...
We completed stage 1 of the Camino de Santiago
Walking triumphantly through a gate in the City Walls.
And spent 10 hours lying horizontal to recover.
Then we did sightseeing, in comfortable shoes.
The 4 A Day Picture blog ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/15/p...
Having just completed a very small part of the Camino de Santiago we are in Pamplona.
A sign on the street tells me it’s 3411 km to Jerusalem.
I’m not tempted.
Maybe Logrono for the next leg.
Today we go home.
Until the next time
A sign on the street tells me it’s 3411 km to Jerusalem.
I’m not tempted.
Maybe Logrono for the next leg.
Today we go home.
Until the next time
June 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Having just completed a very small part of the Camino de Santiago we are in Pamplona.
A sign on the street tells me it’s 3411 km to Jerusalem.
I’m not tempted.
Maybe Logrono for the next leg.
Today we go home.
Until the next time
A sign on the street tells me it’s 3411 km to Jerusalem.
I’m not tempted.
Maybe Logrono for the next leg.
Today we go home.
Until the next time
There’s a road sign in Roncesvalles that says 790km to Santiago de Compostela.
Sit in the café opposite and you can watch people risk near death experiences on the road for a selfie.
4 A Day Picture Diary post ⬇️
#CaminodeSantiago
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/13/r...
Sit in the café opposite and you can watch people risk near death experiences on the road for a selfie.
4 A Day Picture Diary post ⬇️
#CaminodeSantiago
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/13/r...
June 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There’s a road sign in Roncesvalles that says 790km to Santiago de Compostela.
Sit in the café opposite and you can watch people risk near death experiences on the road for a selfie.
4 A Day Picture Diary post ⬇️
#CaminodeSantiago
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/13/r...
Sit in the café opposite and you can watch people risk near death experiences on the road for a selfie.
4 A Day Picture Diary post ⬇️
#CaminodeSantiago
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/13/r...
#FingerPostFriday
International edition from the Pyrenees.
Wrapped in barbed wire to stop the cattle and horses rubbing against them and knocking them over (I think).
Like the one without barbed wire at Croix de Thibault 1250m.
International edition from the Pyrenees.
Wrapped in barbed wire to stop the cattle and horses rubbing against them and knocking them over (I think).
Like the one without barbed wire at Croix de Thibault 1250m.
June 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#FingerPostFriday
International edition from the Pyrenees.
Wrapped in barbed wire to stop the cattle and horses rubbing against them and knocking them over (I think).
Like the one without barbed wire at Croix de Thibault 1250m.
International edition from the Pyrenees.
Wrapped in barbed wire to stop the cattle and horses rubbing against them and knocking them over (I think).
Like the one without barbed wire at Croix de Thibault 1250m.
@iambagsy.bsky.social
I’ve been up
in the Pyrenees Mountains showing the sheep my Cwm Parc T Shirt.
They was tampin they aren’t on a T Shirt.
I’ve been up
in the Pyrenees Mountains showing the sheep my Cwm Parc T Shirt.
They was tampin they aren’t on a T Shirt.
June 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@iambagsy.bsky.social
I’ve been up
in the Pyrenees Mountains showing the sheep my Cwm Parc T Shirt.
They was tampin they aren’t on a T Shirt.
I’ve been up
in the Pyrenees Mountains showing the sheep my Cwm Parc T Shirt.
They was tampin they aren’t on a T Shirt.
Blimey!
We walked over The Pyrenees Mountains today.
On the Camino de Santiago.
Spent part of the day around 1400m
Full of ups and downs, literally.
4 A Day Picture Diary here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/11/c...
We walked over The Pyrenees Mountains today.
On the Camino de Santiago.
Spent part of the day around 1400m
Full of ups and downs, literally.
4 A Day Picture Diary here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/11/c...
June 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Blimey!
We walked over The Pyrenees Mountains today.
On the Camino de Santiago.
Spent part of the day around 1400m
Full of ups and downs, literally.
4 A Day Picture Diary here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/11/c...
We walked over The Pyrenees Mountains today.
On the Camino de Santiago.
Spent part of the day around 1400m
Full of ups and downs, literally.
4 A Day Picture Diary here⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/11/c...
Sunrise over the Pyrenees Mountains.
Was hoping for a bit of cloud inversion down in the valleys.
But the wind is blowing strongly.
A warm wind coming from Spain.
Like being stood in front of a hot air had dryer.
Was hoping for a bit of cloud inversion down in the valleys.
But the wind is blowing strongly.
A warm wind coming from Spain.
Like being stood in front of a hot air had dryer.
June 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Sunrise over the Pyrenees Mountains.
Was hoping for a bit of cloud inversion down in the valleys.
But the wind is blowing strongly.
A warm wind coming from Spain.
Like being stood in front of a hot air had dryer.
Was hoping for a bit of cloud inversion down in the valleys.
But the wind is blowing strongly.
A warm wind coming from Spain.
Like being stood in front of a hot air had dryer.
Camino Frances Day 3
Close encounters with this huge unit.
Lessons from the Camino -
‘Always have a Pilgrim nearby wearing a bright red shirt when you have to pass through horned cattle’
4 A Day Picture Diary blog here ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/10/o...
Close encounters with this huge unit.
Lessons from the Camino -
‘Always have a Pilgrim nearby wearing a bright red shirt when you have to pass through horned cattle’
4 A Day Picture Diary blog here ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/10/o...
June 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Camino Frances Day 3
Close encounters with this huge unit.
Lessons from the Camino -
‘Always have a Pilgrim nearby wearing a bright red shirt when you have to pass through horned cattle’
4 A Day Picture Diary blog here ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/10/o...
Close encounters with this huge unit.
Lessons from the Camino -
‘Always have a Pilgrim nearby wearing a bright red shirt when you have to pass through horned cattle’
4 A Day Picture Diary blog here ⬇️
whatsthepont.blog/2025/06/10/o...
#TinShedTuesday
International edition.
From the Camino de Santiago.
On slog up into the Pyrenees from St Jean Pied de Port.
An excuse to talk about how farmers everywhere make use out of whatever they’ve got.
Bonus orange baler twine being used for something it’s not supposed to.
International edition.
From the Camino de Santiago.
On slog up into the Pyrenees from St Jean Pied de Port.
An excuse to talk about how farmers everywhere make use out of whatever they’ve got.
Bonus orange baler twine being used for something it’s not supposed to.
June 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#TinShedTuesday
International edition.
From the Camino de Santiago.
On slog up into the Pyrenees from St Jean Pied de Port.
An excuse to talk about how farmers everywhere make use out of whatever they’ve got.
Bonus orange baler twine being used for something it’s not supposed to.
International edition.
From the Camino de Santiago.
On slog up into the Pyrenees from St Jean Pied de Port.
An excuse to talk about how farmers everywhere make use out of whatever they’ve got.
Bonus orange baler twine being used for something it’s not supposed to.